Articles Tagged 'Rupert Murdoch'

Russell Brand either doesn’t know his Mark Twain or has chosen to ignore it. The author of Tom Sawyer and other classic books famously said, “Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.” The British comic has done just that, starting a quarrel in print with the press baron Rupert Murdoch. The Get Him to the Greek star is livid […]

Part of England’s charm has always been its adherence to tradition. Consider the supporting evidence: the royal family, the guards at Buckingham palace, the inability of a Brit to win a singles’ title at Wimbledon (the last was Virginia Wade in 1977), etc. Add another. David Dinsmore, the new editor of The Sun, the most popular newspaper […]

Who needs News of the World when you have Twitter? Perhaps that’s the way Rupert Murdoch looks at things, since the hacking scandal forced his company News International to close the British tabloid last year. Twitter apparently gives the world’s most famous yellow journalist the thrill of writing what are, in essence, provocative 140-character headlines, […]

The News of the World hired a former policeman to covertly track more than 100 people, including Prince William and others connected to the royal family. Speaking to BBC Newsnight, the ex-police investigator, Derek Webb, described how he was able to evade royal security. “They didn’t rumble me. They had no idea,” said Webb, who claimed his […]

Actor Jude Law‘s accusation that the News of the World hacked his cell phone is, on its face, similar to the thousands of other alleged privacy violations that have emerged throughout the ongoing hacking scandal. But for Rupert Murdoch‘s News Corporation, there’s one important difference: Law claims that his mobile phone was hacked in the […]

Yesterday, Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks faced both tough questions and shaving cream-wielding assailants. No foam pies have been thrown today, but the drama has continued as British Prime Minister David Cameron has made a statement before Commons about the News of the World phone-hacking scandal that has dogged him in recent days. […]

Hugh Grant is trending on Twitter in the UK today not because of a film role but because of the role he played in turning the tables on a former tabloid reporter in the current scandal over celebrity phone hacking. Grant wrote a piece for The New Statesman comprised largely of the transcript of a […]

A tarnished tabloid and a high-stakes horse race are both trending on Twitter in the UK today. News International Rupert Murdoch‘s News International, which publishes The News of the World, is admitting liability and offering an “unreserved apology” to celebrities, including actress Sienna Miller, whose phones were hacked by the newspaper. The company will likely […]